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4 de jul. de 2022 · Knopf published the novel anyway. In its first year, “Independent People” sold more than four hundred thousand copies in the United States. Nine years later, Laxness won the Nobel Prize in...
12,548 ratings1,775 reviews. This magnificent novel—which secured for its author the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature—is at last available to contemporary American readers. Although it is set in the early twentieth century, it recalls both Iceland's medieval epics and such classics as Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter.
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31 de dic. de 2015 · Tweet. Six decades ago this year, Halldór Laxness was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland.”. Having just read ‘Independent People’—Laxness’ most celebrated work; largely the reason for the honour—it’s easy to see why.
May 4, 200912:00 AM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. By. Christina Sunley. 3-Minute Listen. Playlist. Independent People. By Halldor Laxness. Paperback, 512 pages. Vintage. Price:...
Independent People: An Epic (Icelandic: Sjálfstætt fólk) is a novel by Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness, originally published in two volumes in 1934 and 1935. It deals with the struggle of poor Icelandic farmers in the early 20th century, only freed from debt bondage in the last generation, and surviving on isolated crofts in an ...
- Halldór Laxness, J. A. Thompson
- 1934
Commentary. For a sense of the foundations of Icelandic society, culture and psyche, fine places to start would be these beautifully written historic novels: Halldór Laxness’ Independent People and Jón Kalman Stefánson‘s Heaven and Hell. Q&A with Sarah Thomas about The Raven's Nest.
19 de oct. de 2022 · Independence is the most important thing of all in life. I say for my part that a man lives in vain, until he is independent. People who aren’t independent aren’t people. A man who isn’t his own master is as bad as a man without a dog.”
